"is regarded as the foundation of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. She was later a Kammersängerin of the Großherzogin of Baden. There are no traces of her after 1820. The musicologist Rita Steblin argued in 2012 that Beethoven dedicated his piano piece ""Für Elise"" to Barensfeld. The dedication read ""Für Elise am 27. April zur Erinnerung von L. v. Bthvn."" (For Elise on 27 April as a remembrance, from Ludwig van Beethoven.) The later owner of the manuscript, Therese Malfatti, was connected to her, living across the street from Mälzel. Steblin thinks that Malfatti could have taught piano to Barensfeld when"
"suggested that Beethoven wrote his famous Bagatelle No. 25 for piano, commonly known as ""Für Elise"", in the days of Elisabeth Röckel's departure from Vienna. It had the inscription """" (For Elise on 27 April [1810] in memory of L. v. Bthvn). Indeed, Anna Milder-Hauptmann named her ""Elise"" in a letter to her. During the days before Beethoven's death, she and her husband Hummel visited Beethoven several times, and cut and saved a lock of his hair. This was later discovered in 1934 in Florence by Wilhelm Hummel, a descendant of Johann Nepomuk Hummel. The lock of hair is now"
"Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 in E major, S.244/10, is a composition for solo piano by Franz Liszt. It is tenth in the set of his Hungarian Rhapsodies, and is subtitled ""Preludio"", although this name is not commonly used. It, along with the rest of the first fifteen rhapsodies, were published in 1853. After a brief introduction with three glissando-like passages in a rather free time, the tempo changes to ""Andante deciso"", and the instantly recognizable, lighthearted and carefree first theme is introduced. After a cadenza, the tempo changes to ""Allegretto capriccioso"" and a much darker theme"
"Ludwig Nohl Ludwig Nohl (born December 5, 1831 in Iserlohn; d. December 15, 1885 in Heidelberg) was a German music scholar and writer best known for discovering and publishing Beethoven's famous bagatelle, ""Für Elise"". After graduation from the Gymnasium in Duisburg, Nohl studied jurisprudence at the universities in Bonn, Heidelberg, and Berlin, where he received instruction in music from Siegfried Dehn and Friedrich Kiel. From 1853 to 1856 he was a referendary and undertook journeys to France and Italy, and he also taught music in Heidelberg. In 1860 he wrote his thesis on Mozart and earned the rank of privatdozent"
"Étude Op. 10, No. 3 (Chopin) Étude Op. 10, No. 3, in E major, is a study for solo piano composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1832. It was first published in 1833 in France, Germany, and England as the third piece of his ""Études Op. 10"". This is a slow ""cantabile"" study for polyphonic and legato playing. Chopin himself believed the melody to be his most beautiful one. It became famous through numerous popular arrangements. Although this étude is sometimes identified by the names ""Tristesse"" (Sadness) or ""Farewell (L'Adieu)"", neither is a name given by Chopin, but rather his critics."
"tenth harpsichord ""ordre"" (1717), in which a rondeau is titled ""Les bagatelles"" . The best-known bagatelles are probably those by Ludwig van Beethoven, who published three sets, Opp. 33, 119 and 126, and wrote a number of similar works that were unpublished in his lifetime including the piece that is popularly known as ""Für Elise"". Other notable examples are Franz Liszt's ""Bagatelle sans tonalité"" (an early exploration into atonality), a set for violin and piano (Op. 13) by François Schubert of which No. 9, ""The Bee"", is often performed, the set by Antonín Dvořák for two violins, cello and harmonium"
"tempo marking than the original. Étude Op. 10, No. 3 (Chopin) Étude Op. 10, No. 3, in E major, is a study for solo piano composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1832. It was first published in 1833 in France, Germany, and England as the third piece of his ""Études Op. 10"". This is a slow ""cantabile"" study for polyphonic and legato playing. Chopin himself believed the melody to be his most beautiful one. It became famous through numerous popular arrangements. Although this étude is sometimes identified by the names ""Tristesse"" (Sadness) or ""Farewell (L'Adieu)"", neither is a name given by"
"Serenade No. 10 (Mozart) The Serenade No. 10 for winds in B-flat major, K. 361/370a, is a serenade by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart scored for thirteen instruments: twelve winds and string bass. The piece was probably composed in 1781 or 1782 and is often known by the subtitle ""Gran Partita"", though the title is a misspelling and not in Mozart's hand. It consists of seven movements. Some prominent authorities (Köchel, Tyson and Edge) suggest that the paper and watermarks of this work prove a composition date of 1781 or 1782. That the work was specially composed for a public concert given"
"by Ferdinando Paer (a score of which was owned by Beethoven). Beethoven published the 1806 libretto and, in 1810, a vocal score under the title ""Leonore"", and the current convention is to use the name ""Leonore"" for both the 1805 (three-act) and 1806 (two-act) versions and ""Fidelio"" only for the final 1814 revision. The first version with a three-act German libretto adapted by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 20 November 1805, with additional performances the following two nights. The success of these performances was hindered by the fact that"
"Droßdik died in Vienna. Therese Malfatti Baroness Therese von Droßdik, born Therese Malfatti (1 January 1792 – 27 April 1851), was an Austrian musician and a close friend of Ludwig van Beethoven. She is best known as one of the supposed dedicatees of Beethoven's famous bagatelle, ""Für Elise"", WoO 59. Born in Vienna , Austria on 1 January 1792. Therese Malfatti was the daughter of the Viennese merchant Jacob Friedrich Malfatti (1769–1829) and a cousin of the famous and wealthy physician, Johann Baptist Malfatti von Monteregio (1775–1859). Her father, who from 1804 on owned an estate in Walkersdorf am Kamp"
"ten or eleven minutes, is in five sections: Rapsodie nègre Rapsodie nègre, FP 3, is a work dating from 1917 by Francis Poulenc for flute, clarinet, string quartet, baritone and piano. It was the composer's first work to be publicly performed. The piece is in five movements, three of them purely instrumental; the central interlude is for baritone and piano, and the finale features all the performers. The dedicatee of the piece was Erik Satie. By 1917 the 18-year-old Poulenc, who was then a pupil of Ricardo Viñes, had composed an unknown number of works. His biographer Carl Schmidt lists"
"It's Methodist and Holiness and Baptist. It's blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound."" In the early years of the century, Wagnerian chromatic harmony was extended by opera composers such as Richard Strauss (""Salome"", 1905; ""Elektra"", 1906–1908; ""Der Rosenkavalier"", 1910; ""Ariadne auf Naxos"", 1912; ""Die Frau ohne Schatten"", 1917), Claude Debussy (""Pelléas et Mélisande"", 1902), Giacomo Puccini (""Madama Butterfly"", 1904; ""La fanciulla del West"", 1910; ""Il trittico"", 1918), Ferruccio Busoni (""Doktor Faust"", 1916, posthumously completed by his student Philipp Jarnach), Béla Bartók (""Bluebeard's Castle"", 1911–17), Leos Janáček (""Jenůfa"", 1904; ""Osud"", 1907; ""Kát´a Kabanová"", 1919-1921) and Hans Pfitzner"
"Élégie (Fauré) The Élégie (Elegy), Op. 24, was written by the French composer Gabriel Fauré in 1880, and first published and performed in public in 1883. Originally for cello and piano, the piece was later orchestrated by Fauré. The work, in C minor, features a sad and sombre opening and climaxes with an intense, fast-paced central section, before the return of the elegiac opening theme. In 1880, having completed his First Piano Quartet, Fauré began work on a cello sonata. It was his frequent practice to compose the slow movement of a work first, and he did so for the"
"Funérailles Funérailles is the 7th and one of the most famous pieces in ""Harmonies poétiques et religieuses"" (""Poetic and Religious Harmonies""), a collection of piano pieces by Franz Liszt. It was an elegy written in October 1849 in response to the crushing of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 by the Habsburgs. ""Funérailles"" has been recorded by pianists such as György Cziffra, Claudio Arrau, Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein, John Ogdon, Martha Argerich, Evgeny Kissin, Sviatoslav Richter, Arnaldo Cohen, Jonathan Paul Cambry, Arcadi Volodos, Sergio Fiorentino and Krystian Zimerman. The piece is composed of four distinct sections, with three main themes repeating"
"Violin Sonata No. 10 (Beethoven) The Violin Sonata No. 10 of Ludwig van Beethoven in G major, his Opus 96, was written in 1812, published in 1816, and dedicated to Beethoven's pupil Archduke Rudolph Johannes Joseph Rainier of Austria, who gave its first performance, together with the violinist Pierre Rode. It has four movements: The final movement was written with Pierre Rode's style in mind. Shortly before completing the work, Beethoven wrote to the Archduke Rudolph “… I did not make great haste in the last movement for the sake of mere punctuality, the more because, in writing it, I"
"performed a Schenkerian analysis of each first-movement cadenza. Piano Concerto No. 18 (Mozart) The Piano Concerto No. 18 in B major, KV. 456 is a concertante work for piano, or pianoforte, and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In Mozart's own catalogue of his works, this concerto is dated 30 September 1784. The work is orchestrated for solo piano, flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, and strings. For years, historical speculation was that Mozart had written this concerto for Maria Theresa von Paradis, based on a letter written around that time by Leopold Mozart to his daughter Nannerl. However, Hermann"
"Therese Malfatti Baroness Therese von Droßdik, born Therese Malfatti (1 January 1792 – 27 April 1851), was an Austrian musician and a close friend of Ludwig van Beethoven. She is best known as one of the supposed dedicatees of Beethoven's famous bagatelle, ""Für Elise"", WoO 59. Born in Vienna , Austria on 1 January 1792. Therese Malfatti was the daughter of the Viennese merchant Jacob Friedrich Malfatti (1769–1829) and a cousin of the famous and wealthy physician, Johann Baptist Malfatti von Monteregio (1775–1859). Her father, who from 1804 on owned an estate in Walkersdorf am Kamp (Grafenegg), on 2 April"
"Piano Sonata No. 18 (Mozart) The Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K. 576, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as part of a set of six for Princess Friederike of Prussia in 1789. It is often nicknamed ""The Hunt"" or ""The Trumpet Sonata"", for the hornlike opening. The sonata, having a typical performance duration of about 15 minutes, is Mozart's last. In a letter to a fellow Freemason Michael von Puchberg, dated 12 July 1789, Mozart wrote ""meanwhile I am working on six easy piano sonatas for Princess Friederike and six quartets for the King"". Hermann Abert believed"
"von Suppé,Overture to ""Poet and Peasant"" Ferenc Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No.5 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Suite from the opera ""Snow Maiden"" Mikhail Glinka, Sonata for viola and piano in D minor (incomplete) (1835) Sergey Prokofiev, Suite from ballet ""Cinderella"" Handel-Halvorsen, Sarabande con Variazioni in G minor on a Theme by George Frideric Handel for violin and cello (1897) (based on the original version for violin and viola) Francis Poulenc Robert Schumann, ""Märchenerzählungen"" for clarinet, cello and piano, Op. 132 (originally for clarinet, viola and piano) Johannes Brahms, Two Songs, for contralto, cello and piano, Op. 91 (originally for contralto, viola and piano)"
"here. [From ""Symposium"", 32–33–35] [From ""Phaedrus"", 4–5] [From ""Phaedo"", 3–23–25–28–65–67] The first (private) performance of parts of the work had taken place in April 1918 with the composer at the piano and Jane Bathori singing (all the parts), in the salons of the Princess de Polignac. Several more performances of the piano version were held, public as well as private, amongst others André Gide, James Joyce and Paul Valéry attending. The vocal score (this is the piano version) was available in print from the end of 1919 on. It is said Gertrude Stein became an admirer of Satie hearing Virgil"
"Piano Concerto No. 18 (Mozart) The Piano Concerto No. 18 in B major, KV. 456 is a concertante work for piano, or pianoforte, and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In Mozart's own catalogue of his works, this concerto is dated 30 September 1784. The work is orchestrated for solo piano, flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, and strings. For years, historical speculation was that Mozart had written this concerto for Maria Theresa von Paradis, based on a letter written around that time by Leopold Mozart to his daughter Nannerl. However, Hermann Ullrich has discounted this theory, based on the"
"Selective bibliography Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include ""Der Rosenkavalier"", ""Elektra"", ""Die Frau ohne Schatten"" and ""Salome""; his Lieder, especially his ""Four Last Songs""; his tone poems, including ""Don Juan"", ""Death and Transfiguration"", ""Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks"", ""Also sprach Zarathustra"", ""Ein Heldenleben"", ""Symphonia Domestica"", and ""An Alpine Symphony""; and other instrumental works such as ""Metamorphosen"" and his Oboe Concerto. Strauss was also a prominent conductor in Western Europe and the Americas, enjoying"
"Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (; 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his ""Pavane"", Requiem, ""Sicilienne"", nocturnes for piano and the songs ""Après un rêve"" and ""Clair de lune"". Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style. Fauré was born into a"
"Étude Op. 10, No. 2 (Chopin) Étude Op. 10, No. 2, in A minor, is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin for the piano. It was preceded by a relative major key. Composed in 1829, it was first published in 1833 in France, Germany, and England This étude is an exercise in developing the independence of the weaker fingers of the right hand by playing rapid chromatic scale figures with the third, fourth, and fifth fingers of the right hand. Meanwhile, the first two fingers of the right and the left hand play an accompaniment of short chords and"
"Saariaho, Emilie is more accurately a sister-piece to the oratorio La Passion de Simone (2006). The actual score is accessible online. Notes Sources Émilie (opera) Émilie is an opera – specifically a 9-scene, 75-minute monodrama for soprano – by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952) to a libretto by Amin Maalouf. It was written in 2008. Based on the life and writings of Marquise Émilie du Châtelet (1706-1749), the work premiered at the Opéra de Lyon, France, on 1 March 2010, with Finnish soprano Karita Mattila, its dedicatee. It recounts the achievements of the mathematician, physicist, and mistress of Voltaire:"
"soloists, mixed choir, orchestra and organ. Different from typical Requiem settings, the full sequence is omitted, replaced by its section . The final movement is based on a text that is not part of the liturgy of the funeral mass but of the burial. Fauré wrote of the work, ""Everything I managed to entertain by way of religious illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest."" The piece premiered in its first version in 1888 in La Madeleine in Paris for a funeral mass."
"and ran for 155 performances in the West End. Frederick Lonsdale Frederick Lonsdale (5 February 1881 – 4 April 1954) was an English playwright known for his librettos to several successful musicals early in the 20th century, including ""King of Cadonia"" (1908), ""The Balkan Princess"" (1910), ""Betty"" (1915), ""The Maid of the Mountains"" (1917), ""Monsieur Beaucaire"" (1919) and ""Madame Pompadour"" (1923). He also wrote comedy plays, including ""The Last of Mrs. Cheyney"" (1925) and ""On Approval"" (1927) and the murder melodrama ""But for the Grace of God"" (1946). Some of his plays and musicals were made into films, and he"
"1806 was ennobled and given the title ""Edler von Rohrenbach zu Dezza"". Her younger sister Anna (1792–1869) married Beethoven's friend Ignaz von Gleichenstein on 29 May 1811 in Etsdorf am Kamp, while Therese was ""the object of Beethoven's affection and marriage-project in the year 1810"". In April or May 1810 Beethoven wrote to Therese a letter which ended This was not exactly a love-letter, and it is not certain that Beethoven ever proposed marriage to Therese Malfatti, though some believe that he did. Further, the bagatelle ""Für Elise"", a song written for Therese was found among her personal papers. Baronin"
"time ""sempre forte brioso"", meaning ""always loud and spirited"". Before the end of the piece, the key changes back to E major, the original key, and a new theme is introduced. The piece ends in loud, booming chords in both hands. Typical performance time is around 5 minutes. The piece is one of the more popular Hungarian Rhapsodies. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10 in E major, S.244/10, is a composition for solo piano by Franz Liszt. It is tenth in the set of his Hungarian Rhapsodies, and is subtitled ""Preludio"", although this name is not commonly used."
"Étude Op. 10, No. 12 (Chopin) Étude Op. 10, No. 12 in C minor, known as the ""Revolutionary Étude"" or the ""Étude on the Bombardment of Warsaw"", is a solo piano work by Frédéric Chopin written circa 1831, and the last in his first set, Etudes, Op. 10, dedicated """"à son ami Franz Liszt"""" (""to his friend Franz Liszt""). The 12th Étude appeared around the same time as the November Uprising in 1831. Chopin poured his emotions on the matter into many pieces that he composed at that time, the ""Revolutionary Étude"" standing out as the most notable example. Upon"
"Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include ""Der Rosenkavalier"", ""Elektra"", ""Die Frau ohne Schatten"" and ""Salome""; his Lieder, especially his ""Four Last Songs""; his tone poems, including ""Don Juan"", ""Death and Transfiguration"", ""Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks"", ""Also sprach Zarathustra"", ""Ein Heldenleben"", ""Symphonia Domestica"", and ""An Alpine Symphony""; and other instrumental works such as ""Metamorphosen"" and his Oboe Concerto. Strauss was also a prominent conductor in Western Europe and the Americas, enjoying quasi-celebrity status"
"Étude Op. 10, No. 6 (Chopin) Étude Op. 10, No. 6, in E minor, is a study for solo piano composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1830. It was preceded by the relative key. It was first published in 1833 in France, Germany, and England as the sixth piece of his Études, Op. 10. The tempo ""Andante"" in and ""con molto espressione"" indicate a more moderate playing speed than Chopin's other études with the exception of Op. 10, No. 3 and Op. 25, No. 7. This étude focuses on expressivity and chromatic structuring of the melody as well as polyphonic texture."
"Ballades, Op. 10 (Brahms) The Ballades, Op. 10, are lyrical piano pieces written by Johannes Brahms during his youth. They were dated 1854 and were dedicated to his friend Julius Otto Grimm. Their composition coincided with the beginning of the composer's lifelong affection for Clara Schumann, the wife of Robert Schumann, who was helping Brahms launch his career. Frédéric Chopin had written the last of his famous ballades only 12 years earlier, but Brahms approached the genre differently from Chopin, choosing to take its origin in narrative poetry more literally. Brahms's ballades are arranged in two pairs of two, the"